St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-22
Seed Grain.

| passage.
Approved March 9TH. 1887.
| Seed Grain.
| so.
AN ACT to furnish seed grain for distribution
| in certain counties in this state afflicted by
hail during the season of 1886, and to author
lze the boards of county commissioners OF
| such counties to issue bonds for the payment
thereof.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State OF
Minnesota:
SECTION l. 1t shall be the duty of the county
| auditor OF each of the counties of Marshall Polk,
| Big Stone, Lac qui Parle, Swift, Norman, Chip
| pewa, Becker and Wilkin, or any other county
| In the state OF Minnesota wherein the crop of
| the year eighteen hundred and eightysiX 1880,
| was partially wholly destroyed by hail, be-
fore the fifth 9th day of March, A. d. one thou
| sand eight hundred aud eighty-seven (1SS7), to
! give notice to the respective town clerks in the
different towns of said cou ties, to post notices
immediately in at least three 60 of the most
| public places in each town, to all persons wish
| ing to avail themselves of the benefits of this
| act to meet at the town clerks office in the
| town, or at the county auditors office in the
| county in which The applicant resides. and file
| with said town clerk or county auditor on or be-
fore the fifteenth l15th) day of March, A. d. one
| thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven
| 1850, application duly subscribed AMI
sworn to Def re the said town clerk or county
auditor, which application shall be attested by
| shall contain a true statement of the number of
| acres the applicant has plowed and prepared for
seeding: how many acres the applicant intends
| to have plowed and prepared for seeding before
seeding time how MANY bushels are necessary,
and of what kind of grain, to seed The ground SO
prepared or to be prepared as aforesaid; that
SAID applicants crop was in the year one thou
tirely destroyed by hail or if only partially de-
| stroyed how many bushels the applicant har-
| vested in the year one thousand eight hundred
| and eighSy-siX (1SS6) of each kind OF grain ;
also what amount of seed grain and
of what kind the applicant desires to
borrow from the state; that the ap-
plicant has not procured and is unable to pro-
| cure the necessary seed grain also that the ap-
plicant desires the same for seed grain, and for
| no other purpose and that the applicant will
! not sell or dispose of the same, nor any part
| thereof. Said application shall also contain
| true and full description of all real and per-
sonal property owned by the. applicant, and
| whether encu bered or otherwise, and also the
| government subdivision OF subdivisions upon
which the party intends TO sow said fseedl grain.
SEC = The town clerk of each town shall.
| on or before the fifteenth (15th) day Of March,
| A. d. one thousand eight hundred and eighty
| seven QSS7), forward said applications to the
| county auditor of the proper county, and said
applications shall be filed in the said county
| auditors office, and be open to public inspec-
| tion; and no applicant shall be entitled to or
receive any Of the benefits of this act unless on
or before the fifteenth (15thl [dayI of March. A.
| d. one thousand eight hundred and eighty
| seven 1850 the applicant shall have made and
| filed with the town clerk of the town or the
| county auditor of the county in which the APP
plicant resides, the application as required and
| in the manner and form mentioned in section
| one ID of this act.
SEC. g. The board of county commission
ers OF each county, so devastated by hail, shall
| be and are hereby constituted and appointed
board OF examination and adjustment of the
| applications fur seed graln and it shall be the
| duty of said board to meet at the county au-
| ditors Office on the fifteenth Q5th) day of
| March, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and
| eighty-seven QSS7), to examine and consider,
| separately, each application provided in sec
ton one ~ of this act, and to decide who are
the amount thereof, and said board shall
ON or before the seventeenth Q7th)
day of March, A D. one Thousand eight
hundred and eigh6y-seven (1SSD, forward to
the governor statement giving the mum Der of
applicants, the number of acres prepared or to
be prepared. and number of bushels Of each
kind of seed grain needed in the county; and
said statement shall contain only such applica-
lions as have been approved by said board and
shall be signed by the chairman of said board
and certified to by the county auditor: provided
no one applicant shall receive greater amount
in value OF seed grain than seventy-hye (75)
dollars.
Sec. 4. The governor, upon receipt of the
statements as provided in section three(3)of this
act, shall apporton the amount appropriated
for such purpose, or such sum thereof as may
be necessary, to equal the amount of all such
statements to each county, and if the amount
applied for shall exceed the appropriation for
such purpose Then the amount shall be distrib-
uJed pro rata to said counties. Said distribu-
ton to be based upon the amount and number
Of applications as contained in each statement
from each county.
SEC. s. The governor shall then inform the
county audit or in the different counties of the
amount apportioned to each county under said
apportionment and shall authorize the board Of
county commissioners of each county to pur-
chase said seed grain in or near the counties
where the seed gr-in is required, at the market
price, to equal the amount each county is appor-
toned, and cause to be delivered to each appli-
cant amount of order for said seed grain
SEC. &. Immediately upon receiving notice
from the governor OF the amount apportioned to
each county. the board of county commissions
ers shall meet at the county auditors Office and
readjust the applications for seed grain, and ap-
portion the amount that has been allowed said
county among the applicants, provided in
section one % of this act.
SEC z. The county auditor of each county,
shall at the request of the chairman of the board
an order for the number of bushels of each kind
of seed grain, which has been allowed to said ap-
plicant Provided. that said order shall not be
issued until said applicant has signed con-
tract in duplicate form to be attested by the
county auditor wherein said applicant for and
in consideration Of. bushels of seed grain
received from the state promises to pay to the
State OF Minnesota, the amount of the cost of
said seed grain, that said sum shall be taxable
against the real and personal property of said
applicant and that said applicant will refund
to the state in The form Of a tax to be levied by
the county auditor of the proper county, the
same to be collected as taxes against real and
personal property are collected by virtue of e
laws of this state, and that said sum so levied
shall be first lien upon the crop of grain raised
eacn year Dy tne person receiving said seed grain
until the said tax is fully paid by the said party
of the said county.
SEC. s. 1t shall be the duty of the county au-
ditor of each county to cause to be levied
against the property of each person receiving
said seed grain under the provisions Of this act
the total sum due the state by each person so
receiving said seed grain, one-half (la) of the
said sum to be levied in each of the two t2)
years Immediately following the contract given
for said seed grain: and all moneys collected BY
the county treasurer of each county under the
provisions of this act shall be without COM
pensation. and shall be kept separate from other
state and county taxes, and paid over to the
state treasurer as provided in section fifteen
u5) of this act.
SEC. 9. That the contracts as provided for In
section seven "a of this act shall be numbered
in triplicate and consecutive order by the county
auditor. one of which shall be transmitted to the